Konami's Profits Keep Growing After Mobile Game Focus

Konami's profits are up more than $60 million from last year.

By Alex Gilyadov

Konami's profits are growing after the company's increased focus on mobile games.

GamesIndustry.Biz reports Konami's financial results for the last six months ending on September 30 shows considerable growth. The company's games revenue is up to ¥57.8 billion ($509 million) from ¥44.9 billion ($395 million), resulting in a year-on-year growth of 28.7%.

Konami's company-wide revenue is up to ¥115.3 billion ($1 billion) from ¥101.4 billion ($894 million) the previous year, which is a year-on-year growth of 13.8%. Finally, its profits from games are up from ¥15.5 billion ($136 million) to ¥19.3 billion ($170 million), a year-on-year growth of 24.5%.

Konami has been criticised since its decision to focus on mobile games in 2015, but it has seen profits continually rise ever since the decision.

Konami 's last year has seen the release of titles like Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links and Pro Evolution Soccer 2017.  Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links has been downloaded 55 million times while PES 2017 has reached 50 million downloads on mobile devices.

Despite this focus on mobile, Konami still does have a major console game in Metal Gear Survive, which will be released on February 20, 2018. For more on this Metal Gear spin-off, check out our preview.

Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. Be sure to check out his YouTube channel and follow him on Twitter.

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